Academic Policies and General Information

Academic Reprieve

The Academic Reprieve Policy is designed to make it possible for former UVM undergraduate students, whose academic performance when first enrolled was below standard, to resume their studies without the encumbrance of the grades previously earned.

The Academic Reprieve Policy is available to returning students who have not been enrolled at UVM or any other accredited institution of higher education for a period of at least three calendar years.

Former students returning to the University may request the application of the Academic Reprieve Policy only once in their career at UVM. The established procedures and criteria for admission or readmission apply to students applying for an Academic Reprieve.

The dean of the college/school in which the student is
enrolled at the time of initial eligibility for the application
of the Academic Reprieve Policy shall determine eligibility
for, and application of, the policy. Eligible former students
must file a petition with the appropriate dean requesting
reprieve of all prior course work at the University, either
at time of admission or readmission or before the close of
the first semester of re-enrollment. The Reprieve Policy
includes all previous UVM work and does not allow the
students to pick and choose individual courses for reprieve.
All courses with grades below passing are ignored, credit
hours for courses passed are carried forward, but the grades are not figured in the new grade-point average, which begins again at zero.

Any person electing the reprieve option is required to
complete a minimum of 30 additional regularly graded
credits at UVM before a degree may be awarded; these
credits are not open to the pass/fail option. Those electing
the reprieve option may qualify for honors at graduation
only on the same basis as any transfer student, i.e. completion
of 60 or more regularly graded credits at UVM.

Persons electing the reprieve option will be required to
meet degree requirements of the catalogue in effect on
the date of the student’s application for readmission.

Please note: The University of Vermont is required to
include all courses, whenever taken, in evaluating a
student’s satisfactory academic progress as it relates to a
students financial aid eligibility. There is no provision
made for courses that have been granted academic reprieve.
Please contact Student Financial Services at (802)
656-5700 if you have questions concerning your financial
aid eligibility.